beneath the waters of the Reed Sea while their slaves emerge on the other side unscathed, a people created by God (Exod. 15:16). The question of control has been answered. In the Israelite celebration of their liberation, the goal of this liberation is revealed clearly and it is both geographical and theological. The goal of the journey out of Egypt is to relocate Israel in the land of promise in fulfilment of the Abrahamic covenant. The pathway through the Canaanite armies
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